The Story So Far

Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin
Thanks every one for reading my blog. When I first decided to start a blog, I didn’t think that many people would read and react to it. Now that I seem to have a more or less of  a steady following, at least according to Google Analytics which I’m resisting to check as often as my stock prices, I am encouraged.
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Our Nutty Adventure – Part II

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

Greetings from Waterton Lake National Park, the Canadian sister park to Glacier National Park. We are sitting in Prince of Wales Hotelwaiting to see the sunset. After what feels like days without internet access, I am finally back online (expensively roaming on the MiFi).

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We had driven 750 miles since my previous trip post at Bremerton on Monday.… Continue reading →

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I Had An Allergic Reaction to Eat, Pray, Love

Posted on August 19, 2010 by admin

Greetings from Kalispell Montana, about 30 miles from the Glacier National Park. It is nice to be close to nature. Last night, we stopped in the (overrated) resort town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where we watched Eat, Pray, Love.

I’ve been wanting to watch the movie because it has an interesting premise of taking time off to find one’s bearing.  … Continue reading →

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Our Nutty Adventure – Part I

Posted on August 16, 2010 by admin

Greetings from Bremerton, Washington, about an hour west by ferry across the Puget Sound from Seattle.  I am starting day 4 of the 25-day Northwest road trip.

For this road trip we didn’t plan any specific itinerary or book any hotels.  This may seem an odd way of vacationing especially given that I am the kind of person who have always craved structure and predictability.… Continue reading →

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Perpetual Wednesdays

Posted on August 12, 2010 by admin

I used to hate Wednesdays.  It is smack in the middle of a working week.  You are tired from working two full days already, yet there’s no respite in sight.

When I was a first year in Hong Kong, I worked on a deal that won the International Financial Law Review Debt Deal of the Year award. … Continue reading →

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The Gym Non-perk

Posted on August 10, 2010 by admin

Now that my gym membership is no longer subsidized through work, I recently changed from Equinox to New York Health and Racket Club (NYHRC).

The Equinox rate for hoi polloi is $145 per month for an individual location or $175 per month for “all access”. Both Simpson Thacher and Davis Polk offer a generous gym membership benefit like most Biglaw firms. 

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Deja Vu

Posted on August 10, 2010 by admin

I had a dream last night — a dream so real that my heart was pumping fast when I awoke. The logic and the details of the dream are now a blur, but the angst and the dread I felt are the ones I knew all too well.

The dream began with me getting a call from a client asking me to do something.… Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye

Posted on August 7, 2010 by admin

My husband and I started fostering Bela and Victor, now two 15-week old  brothers, right around the time I gave notice.  Normally we only foster cats on a weekly basis, picking them up from City Critters at theKips Bay Petco and returning them on Saturday morning.  But because Victor developed urinary track infection during his first-week stay with us, we kept both of them for the following week.  … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato? Hardly

Posted on August 6, 2010 by admin

When I quit I envisioned that I would be a couch potato for the first couple of weeks. I had at least 10 movies reserved in my Netflix instant queue. This is my fourth day already, but I have watched fewer than five hours of TV.  This is even less than I normally watch when I worked.… Continue reading →

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A Miles Milestone

Posted on August 6, 2010 by admin

I reached a milestone today – I finished using all of our Cathay Pacific miles.

I started flying Cathay Pacific around the time my husband (then fiancé) relocated to Hong Kong in the fall of 2003.  After graduating from law school and moving to Hong Kong in 2004, I achieved Gold status by early 2006, thanks to the multiple HKG/JFK trips for the bar exam, swearing-in and lawyer 101 training.… Continue reading →

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